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Two Baby Hawks in the Nest

By Emily S. Rueb April 10, 2012 6:59 pmApril 10, 2012 6:59 pm

A second baby hawk hatched on Tuesday night.

Wednesday, 11:25 a.m. | Updated A second baby hawk has arrived on the 12th-floor window ledge of New York University’s Bobst Library, where The New York Times has set up a live-streaming camera to film the lives of a raptor pair, Rosie and Bobby. The couple are now raising two baby chicks in the middle of Manhattan.

Around 7:35 p.m., under the close-up purview of the camera, the mother hawk stepped aside, revealing a second fuzzy, white, alien-like creature in a tangle of branches, paper plates, a long rope and other materials.

Viewers of the Hawk Cam had been transfixed throughout the evening since about 6:30 p.m., when it was revealed that the second egg appeared to have a jagged line across its midsection. There appeared to be something moving inside it. A hawk was hatching.

Twenty minutes later, however, the mother hawk flew up to the nest and settled down on the cracked egg and the first baby hawk, stealing the show.

The second baby hawk made its debut almost 24 hours after its sibling hatched late Monday night and spent the day wobbling its fuzzy little head to reach the morsels of rat offered by Rosie. The two have already become quite a pair.

“Like everyone else, we’re thrilled by the news,” said John Beckman, an N.Y.U. spokesman, on Washington Square News. “It’s really exciting to get this up-front view of the growing hawk family.”

The view from below.Video by D. Bruce Yolton/urbanhawks.blogs.com

We’ll be posting updates on City Room with developments on the nest as the little ones grow into mature hawks. On Twitter, follow @Rueby and @NYTMetro using the hashtag #NYTHawkCam.

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